Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain, he feels, who night and day, devoid of rest, carries his own accuser in his breast

Quote by Juvenal

Topics: Poets Quotes, Trust Quotes

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in...

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in...

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is difficult not to write satire.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.